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Editorial: Forest industry needs attention
Provincial government plans to diversify British Columbia’s resource-based economy by developing markets and exports for Liquified Natural Gas, a project… read more…
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Lac Seul, Slate Falls First Nations sign resource extraction agreement
Lac Seul First Nation and Slate Falls First Nation have signed an agreement with Domtar, Weyerhaeuser, and seven independent loggers… read more…
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First Nations sawmill builders look to the past to solve 21st century problem
When Duz Cho Logging went into the sawmilling business, the First Nations company went old school, turning to bush mill… read more…
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Global lumber industry on pace for a second consecutive record-breaking year
Global softwood lumber production is on pace to break the record set in 2015. That production is being driven in… read more…
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Does the expiration of the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber agreement spell the end of Alberta’s forestry industry?
Nestled in Alberta’s boreal forest, at the confluence of four waterways, is Whitecourt, population 9,600. The town sits at the… read more…
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Board to audit Canfor’s forestry activities near Golden
The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) on tree farm licence 14, in… read more…
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Serious about addressing climate change? Build with wood
In North America, the building sector accounts for about 37% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. That represents a tremendous opportunity… read more…
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McBride, BC man keeps tradition of one-person sawmills alive
Iridescent-yellow earmuffs protect the ears of the sawmill owner who’s coming from his lumberyard loader. As he slips off the… read more…
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Wide gulf of opinion runs through coastal forestry debate
The coastal forest industry is facing economic and environmental constraints, while the municipalities most affected by the industry are unsure… read more…
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Optimism fades for forestry industry, survey of B.C. coastal mayors says
Mayors of B.C.’s coastal towns have expressed a lack of optimism for the forestry industry, according to a survey from the… read more…
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Fingers crossed on lumber
With B.C.’s billion-dollar softwood lumber business on the line, the province has been closely watching talks this week between U.S. President… read more…
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Four largest shareholders back proposed Catalyst sale
As talks continue about an overseas bid to purchase Catalyst Paper, the company announced June 30 that its four largest… read more…
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Canfor eyes Prince George for major biofuel facility
One of the world’s largest logging companies is looking to get into the oil business. Canfor is in the early phases… read more…
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Cloverdale Fuel: Biomass Pioneer of the 1940s Continues to Play Lead Role
Early market leader continues to innovate when it comes to woody biomass, fuel and recycling wood waste. Learn how you… read more…
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Victoria “heartened” by Trudeau-Obama commitment to new softwood lumber pact
In the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday placing a priority on renegotiating… read more…
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Behind the scenes: How softwood lumber interrupted Obama and Trudeau’s bilateral bromance
It wasn’t all bromance and backslaps in Ottawa when U.S. President Barack Obama addressed Parliament on Wednesday. Behind the closed… read more…
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Terrace historians rush to preserve forestry heritage
Local historians are hastening their efforts to record the history of the forestry industry in the lower Skeena and Nass… read more…
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How research into glowing fungi could lead to trees lighting our streets
On a moonless night deep in a Brazilian rainforest the only thing you are likely to see are the tiny… read more…
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Invasive Emerald Ash Borer confirmed in Thunder Bay
Following an thorough examination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) – the federal agency responsible for regulating and managing invasive… read more…
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Young, spindly and doomed: The hard life of Montreal’s sidewalk trees
It’s not easy being a tree in the big city. Especially if that city is Montreal. While all urban trees… read more…
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Obama, Trudeau: ‘Signficiant differences remain’ in summit softwood talks
A settlement remains elusive but Canada and the U.S. have edged closer to a job-saving settlement on the softwood lumber… read more…
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Washington plays hardball with a softwood bat
Carl Grenier led the Free Trade Lumber Council from 1999 to 2006. He now teaches at the University of Laval,… read more…
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Study shows trees with altered lignin are better for biofuels
Lignin is a natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that surrounds each cell and plays a pivotal role… read more…
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South African firefighters paid according to Alberta laws, government says
Nearly 300 firefighters from South Africa who came to Canada last month to help fight the massive forest fire in the… read more…
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World’s oldest white oak, age 600, may soon die
A 600 year-old white oak tree, believed to be the oldest of its kind in the world, is showing signs… read more…